Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1560 - 654: Sandstorm Hand and Entangling Touch

After chatting with Qu Shilin and the others for a while, Qu Shilin wanted to do more research on the corpse of the Giant Zombie. Wang Tao asked Lan Yulian and the others to accompany her, while Wang Tao himself began examining the spoils of war. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

This time, both the Sixth-Rank Sandstorm Giant Zombie and the Sixth-Rank Disaster-level Octopus Sea Beast were slain by Wang Tao, so naturally, there was a massive loot explosion.

Wang Tao first checked the loot from the Giant Zombie.

[Obtained: Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Ascension x1]

[Obtained: Awakening Key x1]

[Obtained: Awakening Energy Pearl x1]

[Obtained: Giant’s Heart x1]

[Obtained: Giant’s Eye x2]

[Obtained: Blood Bead x1]

[Obtained: Sixth Rank Weapon·Sandstorm Hand]

The loot dropped by the Sandstorm Giant Zombie wasn’t significantly different from an ordinary Giant Zombie, except for the addition of the valuable [Blood Bead] and a biological weapon.

[Sixth Rank Weapon·Sandstorm Hand]

[HP: 10,000/10,000 (Maximum 500,000)]

[Status: Awakened]

[Enhancement: Sandstorm]

[Compatibility: 1%]

[Sandstorm: Generates a sandstorm when wielded]

This biological weapon was quite interesting—it was the right hand of the Sandstorm Giant Zombie.

However, after being transformed into a biological weapon, the hand had shrunk significantly, now around half the height of a person, resembling a large fan. Additionally, a small segment of bone extended from the wrist, making it easy to grip.

The weapon’s functionality was also intriguing—it could somehow create the [Sandstorm] status?

Wang Tao vividly recalled the sandstorm effect from the Sandstorm Giant Zombie’s body.

He didn’t expect to replicate the full sandstorm of the Giant Zombie perfectly with [Sandstorm Hand]; even a partial likeness would be sufficient.

So, Wang Tao first maxed out the [Sandstorm Hand]’s HP and Compatibility, as he believed this would influence the sandstorm’s power.

Then, he went outside, found a deserted area, wielded the massive hand, gripping the bone handle with one hand, and forcefully waved it at a distant spot.

Whoosh—

A sinister wind suddenly appeared before Wang Tao. Within moments, it transformed into a small tornado, sweeping up countless grains of sand—or perhaps these sands materialized out of thin air—and soon became a cloudy yellow-black tornado, moving at a moderate pace toward the distance.

"Not bad!"

Wang Tao looked on, slightly stunned.

Although the effect was far less impactful than the sandstorm state of the Giant Zombie’s body, the Giant Zombie’s sandstorm affected not only others but itself as well. On the other hand, the sandstorm created by Sandstorm Hand didn’t cling to the wielder—it could be launched as an attack from afar.

The scale of these sandstorms seemed relatively small, yet their power was not weak. Roughly equivalent to 80% of the Sandstorm Zombie’s effect, which was already quite impressive considering it was an external attack.

And most importantly, the Sandstorm Hand could be used multiple times!

Wang Tao had just used it once, reducing the Sandstorm Hand’s Compatibility by 10%. After using it again, the Compatibility dropped another 10%... In other words, a 100% Compatibility level allowed for ten consecutive uses!

At first glance, ten uses didn’t seem like much, but keep in mind that one use produced one sandstorm tornado—ten uses meant ten sandstorm tornadoes! If they simultaneously targeted a single opponent, leaving aside how much damage they would inflict, the slowdown and visual obstruction effects from the sandstorms alone would be remarkable!

Of course, this was merely theoretical. How it would work in practice still needed testing.

"Let’s find some zombies to test it!"

Wang Tao couldn’t contain his excitement. He flew around and found several Sixth-Rank Elite Zombies in the distance.

"You’ll do!"

Wang Tao approached the zombies with Sandstorm Hand in his grasp and gave it a firm wave.

Whoosh—

A sandstorm tornado quickly formed in front of Wang Tao, then headed straight toward the cluster of zombies.

The sandstorm tornado wasn’t particularly fast, and with the speed of Sixth-Rank Elites, they could avoid it if they spotted it in time. However, upon hearing the commotion, the zombies stood dumbfounded, staring at the tornado, and even walked toward it. With their level of intelligence, they clearly couldn’t comprehend what the sandstorm tornado was.

The tornado soon enveloped them, and their HP began steadily decreasing.

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The sandstorm tornado didn’t deal high damage per hit, with only around two hundred damage per tick. However, its attack frequency was high—dealing over a dozen hits per second. Combined, this amounted to thousands of damage per second, which was quite effective. Moreover, it inflicted group damage, causing all zombies to lose HP simultaneously. Adding up the collective damage made this a considerable weapon.

Once within the sandstorm tornado, their movement speed drastically slowed, rendering the zombies unable to escape. Since there were no visible targets within the tornado, they were reduced to passively taking hits.

At this point, Wang Tao waved again, creating another tornado.

The second tornado quickly merged with the first, but instead of forming one larger tornado, they operated independently. Their damage calculations were also separate.

"Not bad, not bad! Stacking damage is better than I expected—" Wang Tao hadn’t even finished his sentence when he noticed one zombie being blown out of the tornado. "..."

That’s a thing?

Just as Wang Tao readied another sandstorm tornado, he saw the second tornado suddenly take a sharp turn and re-envelop the zombie it had just blown out.

"Huh?" Wang Tao exclaimed in surprise. "This sandstorm tornado has an auto-tracking feature?"

To test whether it was just a coincidence, Wang Tao created several more tornadoes, then personally entered one and manually threw three zombies out.